Per Aspera Ad Astra (album)

Per Aspera Ad Astra is the fourth studio LP by Stars of the Lid. It was made in collaboration with artist and released on Kranky in 1998. Widely known in music circles as the artist behind the cover of R.E.M.'s Green, McCafferty approached Stars of the Lid with a view towards collaboration after working on a series of paintings inspired by the duo's 1995 debut Music for Nitrous Oxide. The title is a common Latin phrase translatable as "through hardships, to the stars."

Per Aspera Ad Astra (album)

Per Aspera Ad Astra is the fourth studio LP by Stars of the Lid. It was made in collaboration with artist and released on Kranky in 1998. Widely known in music circles as the artist behind the cover of R.E.M.'s Green, McCafferty approached Stars of the Lid with a view towards collaboration after working on a series of paintings inspired by the duo's 1995 debut Music for Nitrous Oxide. The title is a common Latin phrase translatable as "through hardships, to the stars."